1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/viewmodel/mastodon/SearchVM.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/viewmodel/mastodon/SearchVM.java
index 491fd0ae9..b5f92bb1c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/viewmodel/mastodon/SearchVM.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/viewmodel/mastodon/SearchVM.java
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ public class SearchVM extends AndroidViewModel {
         super(application);
     }
 
-    private MastodonSearchService init(@NonNull String instance) {
+    private MastodonSearchService init(String instance) {
         Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ").create();
         Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
-                .baseUrl("https://" + IDN.toASCII(instance, IDN.ALLOW_UNASSIGNED) + "/api/v2/")
+                .baseUrl("https://" + (instance != null ? IDN.toASCII(instance, IDN.ALLOW_UNASSIGNED) : null) + "/api/v2/")
                 .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(Helper.getDateBuilder()))
                 .client(okHttpClient)
                 .build();